Scientific Journal Log

3/30/09 Introduction to Organisms Unit - What is a habitat? What needs does a habitat provide? Discussion of Team Work.
3/31/09 Review Habitats: Watch video on United Streaming: Animals Around Us

4/1/09 Build Aquarium Model Environment - pebbles and water

4/2/09 Record Aquarium habitat in Scientific Journal - Draw and label

4/3/09 Build Terrarium Model Environment - saran wrap, pebbles, leaf litter, soil with hill. Organisms were found living in the leaf litter. We discovered pill bugs and slugs.

4/6/09 Record Terrarium habitat in Scientific Journal - Draw and label

4/16/09 Plants for Terrarium and Aquarium did not arrive as scheduled

4/17/09 Plants for Terrarium and Aquarium did not arrive as scheduled

4/20/09 Plants for Terrarium and Aquarium did not arrive as scheduled

4/21/09 Plants for Terrarium and Aquarium arrived with animals for aquarium.
Observing moss and tree seedling. Shared writing about moss and tree seedling. Recording the moss and the tree seedling and drawing them in the terrarium habitat diagram. Planting the moss and tree seedling in the terrarium habitat. Observing the elodea and cabomba. Recording the elodea and cabomba. Adding the elodea and the cabomba to the aquarium.

4/22/09 Drawing the elodea and cabomba in the aquarium diagram. Shared writing about the elodea. Independent writing about the cabomba. Observing guppies and snails. Recording the guppies and snails. Adding the guppies and snails to the aquarium habitat.

4/23/09 Drawing the snails and the guppies in the aquarium habitat. Shared writing about the snails. Independent writing about the guppies.

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